The task of any roof over the porch is to protect the entrance door from precipitation. Since everyone wants to make his house look beautiful, different types of roof are used, decorating it with all sorts of decorative elements. The construction of the porch with the hip, gable and other types of roofs has one feature. It is built as an independent structure, or designed as part of the main roof.
The main types of roofs above the porch
A gable roof over the porch. The original view of the three-slope roof is attached to three slopes, two of which connect the area of the ridge, and the third is adjacent to them in the form of an equilateral triangle. When installing, it is desirable to take into account the wind load, giving it the area of the triangle.
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Porch with a gable roof. The difference of a gable roof from other models is that it has two slopes that are directed in different directions from the porch. When assembling combine different types of materials to get a spectacular structure. For example, the roof of the porch can be decorated with forged decorative elements.
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Porch with a gable roof. The option involves supporting the roof on the wall of the building. This is one of the simplest designs with low material consumption. The condition of long operation is the correct location of the roof slope in relation to the direction of the wind. Sometimes in a sloped roof make a peephole.
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Porch with rounded roof. Often there are rounded roofs of arch type. The rain falls on them as from a gable roof. Sometimes the style of the house requires a concave or dome-shaped visor that is made of a conventional or elongated shape.
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When choosing the material for the construction of this type of roof, there are practically no restrictions. We have to observe the types of fenders with a roof made of corrugated board, metal, siding, polycarbonate or wood.